SpeechEasy Revisited

First we play edited clips from Oprah Winfrey's 2003 "report" on the SpeechEasy where she speaks with Mark Babcock. This is followed up by clips from StutterTalk's 2010 interview with Mr. Babcock to follow up on his experiences with the device.

To hear the entire interview with Mr. Babcock, go to StutterTalk.com, episode 192. The direct link is: http://stuttertalk.com/2010/04/08/stuttering.aspx
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[ThemOldaBoys]

So if a stutterer tried to talk at a slower pace, a much slower pace, and not try to speak as you would if you were intentionally trying to tell someone something, just paying attention at sounding out each word correctly, how would that sound?

[sanmargos]

thank you soo much for posting this! I teach a stuttering course and this clip really is an excellent teaching tool.

[936justme]

I bought that item and help you speak straight but because if the background noise and the second voice you hear, just dont let you hear whatever is being told to you. I reached a point where i had to take it off every time i finishef speaking just to hear the other person and then put it back. It help but just a little bit and it costed me almost $3,000.

[GorgeoussIzzy1234]

I really dont understand how that could possibly help us who stutter. Just listening to youself? You still can stutter. Even if it did work, I highly doubt that I would use it. I can get around my stuttering without having a device in my ear. Having a device in my ear would probably make things harder.

[MrAbdallah16]

@huseen25 how much



[786Sarrah]

ive heard of this when i went to therapy, apparently it works but not for a long time, why not just be open with the way you talk, be proud of who you are

[mweyenberg89]

caper123 is right, being open about your speech is best.. those who disagree, need to go to therapy to learn you how to really desensitize yourself and go to a NSA conference to see that stuttering doesn't have to hold you back.. and yeah, speech easy isn't worth it. it can be a good tool to use in therapy, but not everyday life. 

[jonrobinsonmusic1]

@casper123 You don't know what you're talking about

[MoonwolfTH]

@casper123 Somehow it isn't

[azigger21]

People got angry at me when I said that I had a Speech Easy for sale.I would never try to scam anyone escpecially someone who needs the help that I did 3 years ago. Im sorry if I offended anyone but I just want to help because I know the feeling of doing anything possible to avoid talking. During a college course when the teacher went around the class for us to talk about our paper I actually hid in the bathroom the complete hour scared of going back in there.I promise you the speech easy works!